This is the power of imperial power, although Zhu Qiyu can't change the hearts of the world's subjects in a short period of time, but with the great prestige established by turning the tide and hitting the warat, he has successfully replaced all the most important positions in the inner court and the outer court with his own people.

After the change in Tumubao, Empress Dowager Sun and Peng Shi, who were urgently promoted, were the first to be driven to Nanjing by Zhu Qiyu.

Yu Qian, who was deeply favored by Xuanzong and Sanyang, was the second group to be driven away. Zhu Qiyu was replaced by Luo Tong, who took over as the secretary of the Ministry of War, which was completely opposite to Yu Qian, and was pitted by Xuanzong, Zhengzheng and Sanyang, which can be regarded as bitter and bitter.

The third group to be driven away were Hu Hu and Wang Ao. Wang Ao's behavior is a bit rigid, so forget it. Hu Hu is a real minister, and he doesn't know why he is so loyal to Zhu Qizhen. Zhu Qiyu really couldn't figure it out, so he could only send things away from afar.

For the powerful ministers and powerful eunuchs in front of her, Empress Dowager Sun didn't know what to say, so she barely coped with a few words, and then prepared to go back to the inner room to rest.

At this time, Wang Wen stood up and replied to the Empress Dowager Sun: "Qiqi Empress Dowager, the fire in the Fengtian Temple is a warning from heaven, and the saint has already issued an edict for his own sin.

The fires in Cining Palace and Qianqing Palace are also warnings from heaven.

Weichen thought that there was no reason to let only one person in the Holy Heaven make an edict against himself. ”

Because Wang Wen was the initiator, he was now elected by everyone to be the first evil who offended people.

Empress Dowager Sun has experienced decades of ups and downs, and as soon as Wang Wen said this, she understood that everyone was forcing herself to follow the emperor and issue an edict against herself.

In the past few days, the fire has been tossed a lot, and the Empress Dowager Sun has no energy to think carefully about the court situation. Now that Wang Wen said this, all the clues were strung together:

After the fire in the Fengtian Temple, the courtiers wrote to the emperor asking for an edict against him.

On the evening of the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, these recitals were transmitted to the emperor, and on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, there was the fire of Cining Palace and Qianqing Palace.

Then Zhu Qiyu was as good as a stream, and on the sixteenth day of the first month, he issued the edict of his guilt.

At that time, Empress Dowager Sun was still strange why Zhu Qiyu was so eager to take the blame on himself.

It turned out that he was waiting here, the emperor was guilty of himself, and naturally the queen mother should also be guilty, and the queen should also be guilty.

If you want to make an edict against yourself, everyone will do it together.

Empress Dowager Sun only now understands that this is a way to play with the same end.

The problem is that Zhu Qiyu has just made immortal achievements, and the fire in Fengtian Temple is just a crime, and his position cannot be shaken at all.

But on the side of the Empress Dowager Sun, she was derelict in raising the Emperor Taishang, taught people like this, lost her teacher and humiliated the country, and almost overthrew Sheji. This is already very damaging to people's expectations, and now because of the fire in the Forbidden City, it will really make the worse and the wound will be salted.

Empress Dowager Sun still wanted to struggle, so she asked Wang Wen: "How do you want this palace to offend itself?" ”

Wang Wen directly took out an edict and handed it over: "This is the edict prepared by the cabinet for the Queen Mother, please take a look at it." ”

Empress Dowager Sun looked at Wang Wen with a surprised expression, good guy, you have all directly prepared the edict of your own guilt. What's wrong with me is up to you.

Wang Wen hurriedly added: "Your Majesty's previous edict was also completely drafted by the cabinet, and Your Majesty has not changed a word. ”

This sentence choked the Empress Dowager Sun.

According to the meaning of these words, the co-author of the cabinet not only drafted the edict of guilt, but did not even have the power to change even a single word? Can only be used obediently?

Empress Dowager Sun looked at Wang Wen coldly, Wang Wen stood there with his head bowed as if he was unaware, quietly waiting for Empress Dowager Sun's reply.

Things have come to this point, anyway, Wang Wen has no turning back at all. If Zhu Qizhen can be restored, Wang Wen will definitely be the first to be stabbed, much higher than Yu Qian's rank.

The other ministers present only admired and admired Wang Wen in their hearts. Wang Wen's vision of the new monarch and his courage to cut himself off made everyone have to admire.

Empress Dowager Sun didn't have the heart to pay attention to these, so she took the edict drafted by Wang Wen and read it carefully.

This edict was also drafted too ruthlessly, not only for the Empress Dowager Sun to clearly take over the ineffective upbringing of the emperor, but also in the early days of orthodoxy, when the emperor was regent, he had no far-sightedness, and he was responsible for appointing traitorous ministers and misleading the country and harming the people.

And in the name of Empress Dowager Sun, she counted the faults of Queen Qian. The responsibility for the burning of Zhencai and Jingcai is also counted on Queen Qian.

In the end, Empress Dowager Sun asked herself to remove the honorific title of 'Holy Empress Dowager', and thought about it in the Yinghua Palace.

At the same time, Empress Qian removed the honorific title of 'Empress Yisheng Taishang' and temporarily lived in Changchun Palace to reflect on herself.

After reading this edict, Empress Dowager Sun looked coldly at everyone present, but everyone bowed their heads and said nothing.

Empress Dowager Sun asked helplessly: "Elder Chen Ge, all the cabinet scholars, as well as the six Shangshu, have no opinions?" ”

Chen Xun replied: "Empress Dowager Qi, in his own edict, the Holy Lord condemned himself for his own guilt as 'greedy for the merits of heaven and stealing the throne'.

The method of atonement given by the Holy God is: to live in the western suburbs, not to live in the palace, not to set up a queen, and not to build an imperial tomb. Pingsu Shengshang is only called a widow, no longer called me, except for the government when he is forced to act on behalf of the Son of Heaven, the rest of the time he regards himself as the king of Qi.

And the Holy Emperor has made it clear in the edict that once the Emperor Taishang returns to the capital, the Holy Emperor will immediately abdicate, return to the Qi State and become a vassal, and ask the Emperor to restore. ”

When Empress Dowager Sun heard this, her brows furrowed even tighter. Chen Xun means that the emperor has made such a great sacrifice in the edict of sin, and your empress dowager should not be an exception.

This refuted the Empress Dowager Sun speechless, after all, the emperor's edict was indeed very ruthless. Don't set up a queen, don't live in the palace, don't build an imperial mausoleum, and don't think of yourself as an emperor in life, which is indeed a bit beyond the cognition of the Empress Dowager Sun.

With Empress Dowager Sun's knowledge, it is normal for the emperor to love the Forbidden City to death. As for the imperial mausoleum, it is the residence of the emperor behind him, and no emperor can spend millions of taels of silver to build it carefully.

But when it comes to Zhu Qiyu, the absurdity of his thoughts and grotesque behavior are completely beyond the scope of Empress Dowager Sun's understanding.

Empress Dowager Sun had no choice but to reply: "You go back first, Rong Bengong will think about it and then reply." ”

When they heard this, they knelt down together.

Chen Xun replied on behalf of everyone: "Empress Dowager Qi, two fires burned most of the Forbidden City. At this time, the hearts of the people in Beijing were fluctuating, and rumors were spreading.

Moreover, after the change of the civil fort and the defense of the Beijing division, the government and the opposition were chaotic and in ruins.

There are floods in Shandong, civil uprisings in the southeast, and Miao chaos in the southwest.

Please ask the Queen Mother to take care of the Emperor Taishang, the world will be calm as soon as possible, and the four seas will be peaceful as soon as possible, so that the subjects can forget the mistakes of the Emperor Taishang as soon as possible, and only then can the court free up their hands as soon as possible, completely wipe it out, and welcome the emperor back to Beijing. ”

When Empress Dowager Sun heard this, her face turned green. Isn't this blatantly forcing the palace? And he also threatened the emperor, if he didn't agree, the emperor wouldn't have to go back to Beijing?

The key problem is that the threat of these important ministers, Empress Dowager Sun has to believe. Whether the Emperor can return to Beijing or not is just a matter of the emperor's words. Whether the Emperor will encounter an accident on the way back is also determined by the emperor's conscience.

(End of chapter)